Shoot, this is one reason I can't support McCain... I was forced to spend 24 hours in a rehab center from hell, because a stupid doctor told me I had too...
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>Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:19:27 -0600
>From: "Kendall D. Corbett" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Fwd: NCIL on McCain's failure to support the CCA
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
>McCain's non-support of the Community Choice Act (Formerly MiCasa)
>
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>From: Kareem Dale <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 2:55 PM
>Subject: NCIL on McCain's failure to support the CCA
>To: Kareem Dale <[log in to unmask]>
>Cc: Douglas Rogers <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
>http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/dahome/
>
>Letter from National Council on Independent Living re Candidate
>Positions on CCA
><http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/kareemdale/gG5bJN>
>by Kareem Dale, National Disability Vote Director, Obama for America
>Monday, August 11, 2008 at 03:15 PM
>
>National Council on Independent Living
>1710 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, 5th Floor
>Washington, DC 20036
>
>Dear Fellow Advocates:
>
>As many of you know, I announced at the NCIL annual conference that
>Senator McCain was changing his position on the Community Choice Act
>(CCA) and that he would be making a formal announcement of his support
>for the CCA at the Disabilities Issues Forum in Ohio. This information
>had been given to me by a staff person within the McCain campaign with
>direct responsibility for disability policy issues. Therefore, I felt
>confident in making this announcement to the NCIL membership during our
>time together at the conference.
>
>However, as we all now know on July 26, the 18th anniversary of the
>Americans with Disabilities Act, at the Disabilities Issues Forum in
>Ohio, Senator McCain once again stated that he does not support the
>Community Choice Act.
>
>The National Council on Independent Living supports two pieces of
>legislation in regards to people with disabilities receiving services in
>the community. They are the Community Choices Act and the Community
>Living Assistance, Services and Supports (CLASS) Act. There is a strong
>historical linkage between NCIL and the struggle for people with
>disabilities to live in their own homes and communities - not in
>institutions. We believe it is important for the NCIL Membership to
>know that Senator Obama is signed on as a co-sponsor of both of those
>pieces of legislation and Senator McCain is a co-sponsor of neither.
>For more information on where the candidates stand on our issues, visit
>the candidates' campaign websites:
>
>http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues
><http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues> and
>http://www.barackobama.com/issues/disabilities
><http://www.barackobama.com/issues/disabilities> .
>
>The Community Choice Act would give people with disabilities the right
>to live with dignity in homes of our choosing, rather than to be forced
>into nursing homes or other institutions. Senator McCain said that he
>opposes the Community Choice Act because of cost, placing the value of
>money over the value of people with disabilities' dignity and choice.
>Also, evidence-based research by Dr. Mitch LaPlante from the University
>of California San Francisco, who is recognized as one of the foremost
>disability researchers in the country, proves that the Community Choices
>Act is affordable.
>
>We must end the institutional bias now. We have to stop locking people
>away from home, friends, and family just because they have a disability.
>Ending this bias will make a better and richer society because history
>has shown that ending bias and segregation against people, any and all
>people, is good for us all.
>
>We encourage you to continue and ramp up your advocacy efforts and to
>exercise your right to vote. In the words of Justin Dart - "Vote as if
>your life depends on it, because it does."
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Kelly Buckland
>President
>
>
>On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Amanda Scott
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> It's showing up on mine, but I had to refresh my page. Try that.
>
>
>
>
> On 8/11/08 3:35 PM, "Camille Whitworth"
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hmmm... Looks like it's stuck in the cache again. Is
>there anything you can do to get it posted, or do we have to be patient?
>:)
>
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Amanda Scott
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> Looks good.
>
>
>
>
> On 8/11/08 3:23 PM, "Camille Whitworth"
><[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">http:[log in to unmask]> > wrote:
>
>
>
> Amanda,
>
> Here's another posting for the
>Disabilities blog for your review:
>
>
>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/kareemdale/gG5bJN
>
> Letter from National Council on
>Independent Living re Candidate Positions on CCA
> By Kareem Dale, National Disability Vote
>Director, Obama for America
><http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/person/g8N9j> - Aug 11th, 2008
>at 4:15 pm EDT
>
> National Council on Independent Living
> 1710 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, 5th Floor
> Washington, DC 20036
> Dear Fellow Advocates:
> As many of you know, I announced at the
>NCIL annual conference that Senator McCain was changing his position on
>the Community Choice Act (CCA) and that he would be making a formal
>announcement of his support for the CCA at the Disabilities Issues Forum
>in Ohio. This information had been given to me by a staff person within
>the McCain campaign with direct responsibility for disability policy
>issues. Therefore, I felt confident in making this announcement to the
>NCIL membership during our time together at the conference.
>
> However, as we all now know on July 26,
>the 18th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, at the
>Disabilities Issues Forum in Ohio, Senator McCain once again stated that
>he does not support the Community Choice Act.
>
> The National Council on Independent
>Living supports two pieces of legislation in regards to people with
>disabilities receiving services in the community. They are the
>Community Choices Act and the Community Living Assistance, Services and
>Supports (CLASS) Act. There is a strong historical linkage between NCIL
>and the struggle for people with disabilities to live in their own homes
>and communities - not in institutions. We believe it is important for
>the NCIL Membership to know that Senator Obama is signed on as a
>co-sponsor of both of those pieces of legislation and Senator McCain is
>a co-sponsor of neither. For more information on where the candidates
>stand on our issues, visit the candidates' campaign websites:
>
>
>http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues
><http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues> and
>http://www.barackobama.com/issues/disabilities
><http://www.barackobama.com/issues/disabilities> .
>
>
> The Community Choice Act would give
>people with disabilities the right to live with dignity in homes of our
>choosing, rather than to be forced into nursing homes or other
>institutions. Senator McCain said that he opposes the Community Choice
>Act because of cost, placing the value of money over the value of people
>with disabilities' dignity and choice. Also, evidence-based research
>by Dr. Mitch LaPlante from the University of California San Francisco,
>who is recognized as one of the foremost disability researchers in the
>country, proves that the Community Choices Act is affordable.
>
> We must end the institutional bias now.
>We have to stop locking people away from home, friends, and family just
>because they have a disability. Ending this bias will make a better and
>richer society because history has shown that ending bias and
>segregation against people, any and all people, is good for us all.
>
> We encourage you to continue and ramp up
>your advocacy efforts and to exercise your right to vote. In the words
>of Justin Dart - "Vote as if your life depends on it, because it does."
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Kelly Buckland
> President
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Kareem Dale
>National Disability Vote Director
>Obama for America
>
>
>
>
>--
>
>
>Kendall
>
>An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
>
>The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
>persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
>depends on the unreasonable man.
>
>-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>
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